Living with someone with PTSD linked with alcoholism.
Living with someone with PTSD is not only hard for the person with PTSD but also for the family. It causes a lot of stress and anxiety. When I was in first grade my parents were in the beginning stages of getting a divorce I wasn't really old enough to understand what was going on all I knew was that they would fight a lot over things that I didn't really think was worth fighting over. But what I didn't know was that my dad had PTSD linked with alcoholism. When my dad drank he was very verbally abusive and I would just stay in my room and never leave because I was too scared to come out cause i didn't want to hear the negative things he had to say. One night when I was in my room I had …show more content…
This is most of my story of living with someone with PTSD and the effects it had on my life and the way it will affect my life forever. So that is my story with living with someone with PTSD it is a very scary thing, no one knows how it will affect them tell it happens to them. Some of the symptoms of PTSD are Efforts to avoid thoughts, Avoids activities, Poor memory, Flashbacks, Difficulty with sleep, Irritability, Outbursts of anger, and Difficulty concentrating. Those are just some of the symptoms. It should not be a surprise that people with PTSD it may be linked to Alcoholism. That is what my dad had and it is a very hard thing to deal with if you don't try and treat it the right way. My dad has tried different treatment but he never lasted I believe that if he would have he would be a better person today. PTSD is a very common illness 70% of people in the U.S. have experienced a traumatic event at least one time in their lives and up to 20% of them will develop PTSD. A Lot of soldiers will develop PTSD 31 percent of Vietnam veterans developed it , 10 percent of Gulf War veterans developed it, 11 percent of veterans of the war in Afghanistan. My dad was a soldier he was one of that 11% of veterans of the Afghanistan war. When I was very young my dad was deployed, it was very hard for me and my family because it seemed like every time he was supposed to come home he would have to stay
Living with someone with PTSD is not only hard for the person with PTSD but also for the family. It causes a lot of stress and anxiety. When I was in first grade my parents were in the beginning stages of getting a divorce I wasn't really old enough to understand what was going on all I knew was that they would fight a lot over things that I didn't really think was worth fighting over. But what I didn't know was that my dad had PTSD linked with alcoholism. When my dad drank he was very verbally abusive and I would just stay in my room and never leave because I was too scared to come out cause i didn't want to hear the negative things he had to say. One night when I was in my room I had …show more content…
This is most of my story of living with someone with PTSD and the effects it had on my life and the way it will affect my life forever. So that is my story with living with someone with PTSD it is a very scary thing, no one knows how it will affect them tell it happens to them. Some of the symptoms of PTSD are Efforts to avoid thoughts, Avoids activities, Poor memory, Flashbacks, Difficulty with sleep, Irritability, Outbursts of anger, and Difficulty concentrating. Those are just some of the symptoms. It should not be a surprise that people with PTSD it may be linked to Alcoholism. That is what my dad had and it is a very hard thing to deal with if you don't try and treat it the right way. My dad has tried different treatment but he never lasted I believe that if he would have he would be a better person today. PTSD is a very common illness 70% of people in the U.S. have experienced a traumatic event at least one time in their lives and up to 20% of them will develop PTSD. A Lot of soldiers will develop PTSD 31 percent of Vietnam veterans developed it , 10 percent of Gulf War veterans developed it, 11 percent of veterans of the war in Afghanistan. My dad was a soldier he was one of that 11% of veterans of the Afghanistan war. When I was very young my dad was deployed, it was very hard for me and my family because it seemed like every time he was supposed to come home he would have to stay